Fruit-seeder.



No. 740,315. PATENTED SEPT. 29, 1903.

W. E. ROBINSON. FRUIT SEEDER,

- APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1902.

NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRUlT.-SEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,315, dated September 29, 1903.

Application filed July 23,1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. ROBINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and'State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Im provements in Fruit-Seeders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for separating seeds from pulp of berries, fruit, and the like, and is adapted for use with a colan-. der, the object of the invention being to overcome the disadvantageous and tiresome method heretofore practiced of using the hands, resulting in staining and otherwise injuring the latter.

The invention and arrangement will be more fully claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2-is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section thereof. Sjmilar numerals of reference are employed consists in the construction of the several parts, which hereinafter described and to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a main bodyplate, which is preferably circular in form and has strengthening-ribs 2 extending transversely thereacross in parallel planes to prevent buckling of the said plate. Rising from opposite points on the plate 1 are sockets 3, in which the lower ends of handle-standards 4 are immovably-fastened or secured andhaving a handle or grip 5 attached to their upper ends. The ribs 2 are located between the planes of the sockets 8 to make them more effective in performing the function for which they are designed. Against the under side of the plate 1 a sheet-metal plate 6 is disposed and is bent to form angular corrugations 7, extending completely across the plate 1 in the same direction as the handle or grip 5 above, so that the operator can at all times be quickly informed in which direction to move or oscillate the improved device during the operation ries, fruit generally, or vegetables. The corrugations 7 have considerable depth, and the corrugated formation of the plate 6 is preserved in its desired contour by securing the upper angles at the deepest portions of the said corrugations plate 1.

' The plates 1 and 6 and sockets 3 are constructed of suitable metal, which may be plated or tinned, and the dimensions of the corrugations may the proportions of the entire device. In the use of the device it is grasped by the handle 5 and pressed against the berries, fruit, or vegetables placed in a colander, and by drawing the same over the latter simultaneously with the crushing action the seeds will be forced out of thepulp and pass upwardly into the corrugations. Another use of the improved device is the pressing directly downward of the material operated upon and disposed in a colander with the same result.

The improved device will be found exceptionally useful and in view of the simplicity of its structure can be cheaply manufactured.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is V A device of the class set forth comprising a flat circular body having sockets rising therefrom at opposite points, a handle immovably WILLIAM E. ROBINSON.

Witnesses G. A. Guns,

ELIZABETH, MYERS.

of extracting or separating the seeds from berto the under side of the be varied at will, as Well as secured thereto, said body-plate having par- 

